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* ''Japanese'': [[赤松]]氏 ''(Akamatsu-shi)''
The Akamatsu claimed descent from [[Minamoto Morifusa]] (d.[[1077]]) of the Murakami-Genji ([[Minamoto clan|Minamoto]]). The Akamatsu became a powerful family in the Muromachi Period and owed their success to the actions of [[Akamatsu Norimura]]. At first a supporter of [[Emperor Go-Daigo]] in the Kemmu Restoration, Norimura had later switched to the Ashikaga side. In [[1336]] he was awarded the governorship of [[Harima province|Harima]]. By the time of the 3rd Ashikaga shôgun, [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu|Yoshimitsu]], the Akamatsu were shugo for Harima, [[Bizen province|Bizen]], and [[Mimasaka province|Mimasaka]] as well as one of the four families that provided members of the Bakufu’s samurai-dokoro (Board of retainers). The assassination of [[Ashikaga Yoshinori]] in [[1441]] by [[Akamatsu Mitsusuke]] resulted in a damaging response by the [[Yamana clan|Yamana]] and others, and by the Sengoku Period, their power had waned. They were weakened by rebellions and at length became vassals of the [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]].
The Akamatsu claimed descent from [[Minamoto Morifusa]] (d.[[1077]]) of the Murakami-Genji ([[Minamoto clan|Minamoto]]). The Akamatsu became a powerful family in the Muromachi Period and owed their success to the actions of [[Akamatsu Norimura]]. At first a supporter of [[Emperor Go-Daigo]] in the Kemmu Restoration, Norimura had later switched to the Ashikaga side. In [[1336]] he was awarded the governorship of [[Harima province|Harima]]. By the time of the 3rd Ashikaga shôgun, [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu|Yoshimitsu]], the Akamatsu were shugo for Harima, [[Bizen province|Bizen]], and [[Mimasaka province|Mimasaka]] as well as one of the four families that provided members of the Bakufu’s samurai-dokoro (Board of retainers). The assassination of [[Ashikaga Yoshinori]] in [[1441]] by [[Akamatsu Mitsusuke]] resulted in a damaging response by the [[Yamana clan|Yamana]] and others, and by the Sengoku Period, their power had waned. They were weakened by rebellions and at length became vassals of the [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]].
